LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Vala
The steamer Va la, of Grangemouth, whilst bound from Valencia to Hull with a cargo of oranges, was weather-bound off Gorleston on the 21st February. Being short of provisions they sent off a boat containing five men to procure some, but in...
Antigoon
Angle, Pembrokeshire.—At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 12th of Novem- ber, 1954, the St. Govan's coastguard rang up to say that the motor vessel Antigoon, of Antwerp, had broken down four miles south-west-by-west of St....
A Rowing Boat and Red Robin
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 2.8 on the afternoon of the 26th of June, 1956, the Foreland coastguard telephoned that a small rowing boat appeared to be in difficulties off Yaveiiand Fort.
At 2.22 the life-boat Jesse Lumb...
Cornish Lase
At about 9.30 P.M. on the 18th February, during a fresh easterly gale and very rough sea, signals of distress were observed from a vessel to the westward of Caldy Island. The Life-boat William and Mary Devey was launched, and as soon as she...
None (1)
New Brighton, Cheshire.- At 10.15 on the night of the 27th of July, 1954, the Superintendent of Wallasey Ferries reported that a large pontoon beneath the New Brighton landing stage had severed its securing bolts and was adrift. It was a...
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A K.L.M. Constellation Aircraft (1)
On the 14th-15th of August, 1958, the Fenit and Galway Bay life-boats carried out a long and unsuccessful search for survivors of a K.L.M.
Constellation aircraft, which had crashed into the sea. An account of their search...
Fishing Cobles and A Parachute
FEBRUARY 7TH. - FILEY, AND SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The Filey motor life-boat The Cuttle was launched at 1.10 in the afternoon to stand by the local fishing cobles as a strong south-west wind was blowing and the sea was rough. When the...
A Motor Boat
MOTOR BOAT FOUND NEAR SANDBANKS Broughty Ferry, Angus. At 5.45 on the afternoon of the 14th October, 1962. the police reported that a small motor boat, with a crew of three, had been seen d rifting down the river Tay on the strong ebb tide...